The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-02-01
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Senator NJ. G.. Butler recently received n
letter from VIM, II. Schofield, the general
financial agent OF the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railrad Company in New
t"Ik' which gives substantially the prospects
OF th, earliest possible completion of the road.
THIS letter has been referred to Mayor Cour-
,ciial tor consideration, for the reason that it
Is 'ht Object "i the railway company, if pos
slb'c. t'securtIt its port facilities III Charleston.
AS Wall be gathered from the correspondence
given below Charleston is looked upon by a
STRONG f"r.lSn corporation as the port ofcntry ,
FOR a i'nc Of steamers which is to be put on
when proper arrangements have been made, |
huu the ~n.aitcT 81 closing Il contract with the |
carolina Cumberland Gap and Chicago Rail
way C"mp"ny rs now held in abcyaEce until
the officers Oh the company can furnish the
necessary assurances.
In his letter to Senator Butler Mr.. Schofield
says:"I believe that the arrangements / have
made IN LONDON will enable US to build the
line. l am very busy with sc veral large con-
tractors who are looking into the matter of
taking the contract for constructions, and lust
as soon as L can get this completed | will re-
turn to London and ut once arrange for start
ing the work"
The follow ing additional letter received by
Senator Butler from MIR. Schotield is II Mac
tlcal review of the situation and will Iy read
with Interest,":
ITO BROADWAY, New YoKk,l
December IA 1856.
Hon. Nj. C.. Butler, United States Senator,
esbhJ ~ Nv OIL i ave Ichu
with much satisfaction in this mornings paper
oi your effort Ill behalf of the Improvement OF
the charleston haruor, and | hope the bill in
troduced by you yesterday Will receive the
nearly support II deserves. The Government
ought to do something To benefit, and partially
compensate, the "HistUric" city for the recent
uofuItunatc calamity 1T has sustained. Tut
your bill should not bc considc rcd by Congress
III IL sym ntlictlc spirit only, for as II bu,incss
proposition 1t certainly has great mer,t ana
Sou.lllcTclil llIlpOiluttCc, not tiily Sniiahl,. In
the 'o""t,i Atiaut,c coast. Tut ~ the great and
growing west even beyond The MisslssypI
' "iIcy, ana ihc very heart Of tho productive
part vi the Cnitcu sta. cS.
Charleston Is lI.ryS nuiurrd miles nearer
Kansas Li,y THAN New / In, unI wl.i. Tie
Improvement protUscd i'll Your. Dlii would have
every ad> antagc for cNpuit IN The s,utir pro-
ducts la cOuiu DC ubi.lucu at cur Nu:,u.vu
port. L rcccHtlS nau Il can from Il gciIt.yInIn
WI" represents Il i"rc!gu cLIn pUIy, WAC are
contemplating quitting On u me ui strumeIS
nom s"iiiv oi ."c Atlantic ports sOut:. ui Baitl-
more, Inu tiiay had k"t so lar "a To open he
Golla,l"lo M.tl CC.,H,n r.I.Iruai Coz. pInlrs,
whose 'ihcn terminate on III. cu"sI DIST .,
SiaricSioIIa hti 1 PROM piiy aha strongly urged
tic auFaui"ecs al I in.i SON, AMI inry oc-
cAnhc much Interested, ana sGfccu l., noid mat
tcrs III AucNancc un... | ,ou,u3 give tuyIn iur- |
l!icr assus.uG.S. in,t ale themselves i.rScvx-I
p"rtcIs, inu i"rir cu.i,rini plated cvn.ract, pro-
'.ueu 'or C,oOo t""a al ii..ir own iIriSnL an
nu"i'!' my "'t'e.j 'a'Av vApIrtcr, II" Amer
Z q" ""ouS, \tuipbCi, ioSS, &C. ana incy have
large lumber lntcirsls a,ouS our prulmsscu
railway al Nurin Garulna ANA rcnnvss:e. and
arc L.uCH Interested III our success. give
YOU below Il copy ui II letter | nave lust
received from tMe representative referred
to:
"GLAsGow, November 29, 1886
"Wm. H.. Schoti:ld-Drar Sir: Many thanks |
Tor your favor OF November Is, &c. Charleston.
l have pleasure in s.nding you Il copy uf my |
report on my visit, which may interest you
and NntlI N SE, n,,r -. ~. l
last clause. (Ihis clause refers to the con-
struction of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap
aud Chicago Railway and the TRANSPORTATION
qucston.) My friends are very keen to start |
thelf hue, and wanted me to authorize the
purchase III u STEAMER to put on their line right
away IL connection with another line. So ii
you can come over with a definite PROPOSITION |
10 draw the steamship and the freight we con-
troi TO Your line and Charleston, 1t would be
we'll for our mutual interest. a limited sub.
shy ut, say, $780, OU from the railway and
pur;Y may be requisite to secure such "A high
class oI services and steamers as to do the
Dulspess OF the port aud railroad justice, and to
uraw large trafic to the port and your rail
way 1 need not point out, however. how
great would be the material benefit to Charles
ton and your system if II good fast line was
running across The Atlantic, so as to make it
possible for You to book Chicago and Vest
ern freight on through bills. Indeed it
would be a sane Quu non OF your sue
cess.
You are probably aware of the acquisition
OF the imam Line by the Pennsylvania Rail
way Company at IL heavy cost, aud the same
benefits would come 10 your line and Churles-
Ion in connection with our steamship line and
anticipating the pleasure OF very shortly Soc
Ing your here, l an, yours faithfully.
ARTHUR, ~. GuvAN."
: Ihave given this party the names of the
financial house with whom l have arranged to
finance our securities tor the building OF our
| line ut an early duy and they are very confident
success, aud Will render us valuable assistance
in consnmmating the plan, which will be car
ried out just AS soon as | can complete my
work here and rcturl to London. In ~nr;lerlo
secure the foreign steamship service that I
have described, the city of Charleston would
DC rcqircd 70 give evidence OF its importance.
As Il FORT of export and Il disposition to en-
courage and permanently support the facii;-
ties for which She is we'll titt d and needs so
mncr. And | would be very GLAD i. sou
would advise and assist me i'll Obtaining such
statistics and expressions from the different
exchanges and citizens of Charleston as
would aid me in fu:thcr promoting this i'm
p"rtan: measure. Yours respectfully.
WM II SCunpIETn